{"id":7697,"date":"2010-07-24T06:08:34","date_gmt":"2010-07-24T11:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:51:38","slug":"spacing-saturday-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/24\/spacing-saturday-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Spacing Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog                  network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic  region.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/39\/116157570_823e73573c_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/images\/feature-graphics\/feature-spacingsaturday-600.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing ottawa\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-ottawa.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Spacing Ottawa editor Evan Thornton was on the road in Winnipeg this  week and reports from that city on the <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/23\/winnipeg-the-long-slow-victory-of-the-exchange-district\/\">dialogue<\/a> surrounding the beautifully restored and vibrant Exchange District.  During the decades when money was being funnelled into large scale  modernist improvement projects the Exchange District was naturally and  slowly rejuvenating itself.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Montreal artist &#8220;Hyperalligina&#8221; Spacing is appealing to  readers to <a href=\"http:\/\/https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/07\/20\/vacant-lot-wanted\/\">help  find the perfect empty lot<\/a> in the city for part of an art project  to be installed this summer using a grant from the Awesome Ottawa  Project. The post includes some more details about what the artist is  looking for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing atlantic\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-atlantic.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the transit file, the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/19\/monday-musing-5\/\"><em>Monday  Musings<\/em> <\/a>column this week generated discussion on how the  proposed service cuts to bus routes around Halifax will affect the city.  Additionally, Lauren Oostveen delves into the Halifax archives to look  at the city&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/19\/from-the-vaults-halifax-transportation\/\">public  transit history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Spacing Atlantic is launching a photo contest challenging readers to  encapsulate their city in a single photograph. <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2010\/07\/22\/bricolage-your-city-in-one-photo\/\">Read  more<\/a> about the specific criteria and how to enter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-toronto.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As part of the <em>Ideas for Toronto <\/em>series Adrian Lightstone  brings up the issue of using <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2010\/07\/20\/ideas-for-toronto-infrastructure-referendums\/\">referendums  to gauge public support for new revenue tools<\/a> for transit funding.  Citing that referendums having fallen out of style in Canada, Lighstone  points out they are frequently used in American cities and other places  around the world and have even been used in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Mayoral Candidate George Smitherman walked Eglinton Ave all the way  across Toronto this week suggesting his interest in urban walkability.  Spacing&#8217;s Todd Harrison caught with him during part of his walk for a  discussion about how <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2010\/07\/22\/spacing-votes-smitherman-talks-walking-while-walking\/\">he  would promote walkability<\/a> as Mayor and put the discussion on  Spacing Radio.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"spacing montreal\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/media\/identity\/sidebar-head-montreal.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What does your choice of  favourite buildings <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/23\/montreals-best-architecture-psychoanalyzed\/\">say   about your personality<\/a>? Continuing to digest the results from the   reader survey of the best of Montreal, Spacing contributor Justin   Boulanger speculates about the personal traits of the readers of who   selected the top three favourite buildings and laments that the Sci-Fi   nerds were not organized enough to get Olympic Stadium onto the podium.<\/p>\n<p>In a landmark public space ruling the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled   this week that the City of Montreal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/07\/19\/court-throws-out-montreals-anti-postering-bylaw\/\">anti-postering   bylaw is unconstitutional<\/a>. Christopher DeWolf reports on the story   of how the law was challenged and speculates what the city will do to   accommodate postering in the future. The post also includes a fantastic   gallery of posters from around the city.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by nondescrip2012<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing\u2019s blog network in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Spacing Ottawa editor Evan Thornton was on the road in Winnipeg this week and reports from that city on the dialogue surrounding the beautifully restored and vibrant Exchange District. 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